Unsuspected rickettsioses among patients with acute febrile illness, Sri Lanka, 2007.
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Reller, ME; Bodinayake, C; Nagahawatte, A; Devasiri, V; Kodikara-Arachichi, W; Strouse, JJ; Flom, JE; Østbye, T; Woods, CW; Dumler, JS
Published in: Emerg Infect Dis
May 2012
We studied rickettsioses in southern Sri Lanka. Of 883 febrile patients with paired serum samples, 156 (17.7%) had acute rickettsioses; rickettsioses were unsuspected at presentation. Additionally, 342 (38.7%) had exposure to spotted fever and/or typhus group rickettsioses and 121 (13.7%) scrub typhus. Increased awareness of rickettsioses and better tests are needed.
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Emerg Infect Dis
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1080-6059
Publication Date
May 2012
Volume
18
Issue
5
Start / End Page
825 / 829
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Young Adult
- Sri Lanka
- Rickettsia Infections
- Rickettsia
- Middle Aged
- Microbiology
- Male
- Immunoglobulin G
- Humans
- Fever
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Reller, M. E., Bodinayake, C., Nagahawatte, A., Devasiri, V., Kodikara-Arachichi, W., Strouse, J. J., … Dumler, J. S. (2012). Unsuspected rickettsioses among patients with acute febrile illness, Sri Lanka, 2007. Emerg Infect Dis, 18(5), 825–829. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1805.111563
Reller, Megan E., Champica Bodinayake, Ajith Nagahawatte, Vasantha Devasiri, Wasantha Kodikara-Arachichi, John J. Strouse, Judith E. Flom, Truls Østbye, Christopher W. Woods, and J Stephen Dumler. “Unsuspected rickettsioses among patients with acute febrile illness, Sri Lanka, 2007.” Emerg Infect Dis 18, no. 5 (May 2012): 825–29. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1805.111563.
Reller ME, Bodinayake C, Nagahawatte A, Devasiri V, Kodikara-Arachichi W, Strouse JJ, et al. Unsuspected rickettsioses among patients with acute febrile illness, Sri Lanka, 2007. Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 May;18(5):825–9.
Reller, Megan E., et al. “Unsuspected rickettsioses among patients with acute febrile illness, Sri Lanka, 2007.” Emerg Infect Dis, vol. 18, no. 5, May 2012, pp. 825–29. Pubmed, doi:10.3201/eid1805.111563.
Reller ME, Bodinayake C, Nagahawatte A, Devasiri V, Kodikara-Arachichi W, Strouse JJ, Flom JE, Østbye T, Woods CW, Dumler JS. Unsuspected rickettsioses among patients with acute febrile illness, Sri Lanka, 2007. Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 May;18(5):825–829.
Published In
Emerg Infect Dis
DOI
EISSN
1080-6059
Publication Date
May 2012
Volume
18
Issue
5
Start / End Page
825 / 829
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Young Adult
- Sri Lanka
- Rickettsia Infections
- Rickettsia
- Middle Aged
- Microbiology
- Male
- Immunoglobulin G
- Humans
- Fever